Re: Who first (publicly) asserted 3NF is "good enough"?
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 18 Sep 2006 10:00:50 -0700
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Date: 18 Sep 2006 10:00:50 -0700
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Bob Badour wrote:
> Having a thorough understanding of 3nf may be good enough as long as one
> also knows to open a reference text at the first hint of a complex
> dependency or a compound key.
I think that it is a lot better to use BCNF.
BCNF is "better" than 3NF and even easier to check IMO.
Regards
Alfredo
Received on Mon Sep 18 2006 - 19:00:50 CEST